Al Kincaid

American football player and coach (born 1947)

Al KincaidBiographical details

Born|  (1947-07-26) July 26, 1947 (age 77)
Playing career
1967–1969| Virginia Tech
Position(s)| Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1973| Giles HS (VA)
1974–1975| Alabama (GA / JV OB)
1976–1979| East Carolina (OC)
1980| Wyoming (OC)
1981–1985| Wyoming
1989| Alabama (RC)
1990–1991| Arkansas State
1998| Temple (AHC/OC)
Head coaching record
Overall| 33–46–1 (college)
16–12–2 (high school)

Al Kincaid (born July 26, 1947) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 1981 to 1985 and at Arkansas State University from 1990 to 1991, compiling a career college football record of 33–46–1.

## Playing career

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Kincaid is a native of Alabama and was the star quarterback at Virginia Tech.[1][2] He was the starter for the 1967 and 1968 seasons, and in 1968, he took the team to a 7-4 record, including a Liberty Bowl appearance against Mississippi. However, he lost the starting job in the second game of the 1969 season, after playing well in the season opener against Alabama. His career record was 122 completions in 261 attempts for 1,202 yards and five touchdowns. He was intercepted 13 times. He also rushed for 499 yards and two touchdowns.[3]

## Coaching career

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### High school and college assistant coaching

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Kincaid and his family relocated to St. Petersburg, Florida after he completed his college degree. He had planned to go into business there, but his offer to help coach a local high school football team soon earned him a full-time job instead. The couple moved to Virginia, where he coached a rural high school team in the Appalachian Mountains.[4]

Kincaid moved on to coaching positions at the University of Alabama under Bear Bryant and at East Carolina University.

### Wyoming

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Kincaid became offensive coordinator at Wyoming under Pat Dye, and succeeded him as head coach after the 1980 season. He signed a three-year contract at $45,000 per year, agreeing to have 20% of the salary withheld in interest-bearing escrow and forfeited if he broke his contract. In 1983, he was courted by Memphis State University after head coach Rex Dockery died in a plane crash, but he withdrew his name from consideration, deciding to remain at Wyoming.

In his five years leading Wyoming, he compiled a record of 29–29.[5] Following a 3–8 season in 1985, he was fired and was succeeded by Dennis Erickson.

### Arkansas State

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Kincaid went on to be the 22nd head coach at Arkansas State University for the 1990 and 1991 seasons. He accumulated a record of 4–17–1.[6]

## Personal life

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Kincaid worked as a sports consultant in Decatur, Alabama, and then returned to Tuscaloosa and coaching, again serving as an assistant at the University of Alabama. From there, he went on to become head coach at Arkansas State.

In 1992, Kincaid's 23-year marriage ended in divorce. His ex-wife, Nanci Kincaid, married Arizona head coach Dick Tomey in 1997. However, the couple remained close, and as a writer in North Carolina, she still was assisting him in player recruiting in 1998 when he was an assistant head football coach and offensive coordinator at Temple University.

## Head coaching record

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### College

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Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Wyoming Cowboys (Western Athletic Conference) (1981–1985)
1981 | Wyoming | 8–3 | 6–2 | T–3rd |
1982 | Wyoming | 5–7 | 2–6 | 8th |
1983 | Wyoming | 7–5 | 5–3 | 3rd |
1984 | Wyoming | 6–6 | 4–4 | 6th |
1985 | Wyoming | 3–8 | 2–6 | T–7th |
Wyoming: | 29–29 | 19–21 |
Arkansas State Indians (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1990–1991)
1990 | Arkansas State | 3–7–1 |  |  |
1991 | Arkansas State | 1–10 |  |  |
Arkansas State: | 4–17–1 |  |
Total: | 33–46–1 |

## References

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1. ^ 50 Years of College Football: A Modern History of America's Most Colorful Sport By Bob Boyles, Paul Guido, (c 2007) page 238
2. ^ The Tuscaloosa News "Al Kincaid: Things Have Changed" September 18, 1969
3. ^ Sports Reference
4. ^ Tuscaloosa News "Head Grid Post to Al Kincaid" August 11, 1971
5. ^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived 2013-06-26 at the Wayback Machine Wyoming head coaching records
6. ^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived 2009-11-30 at the Wayback Machine Arkansas State University head coaching records

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Virginia Tech Hokies starting quarterbacks

* Clinton Courtland (1892)
* Sid Fraser (1893)
* Joseph Massie (1894)
* Doug Martin (1895–1896)
* William F. Bell (1897–1898)
* Kit DeCamps (1899–1901)
* Charles Edgar Bear (1902–1903)
* Edwin Harris (1904)
* James Nutter (1905)
* Eugene M. Wilson (1906)
* Edgar Sheppard (1907)
* Fred Connolly (1908)
* John Hughes (1909–1910)
* Charles Bernier (1911)
* James Rogers (1912)
* Vincent Dixon (1913)
* Millard F. Peake (1914)
* Joe Engleby (1915)
* Edward Funkhouser (1916)
* William Lybrook (1917; 1920)
* Wesley Bonney (1918)
* Hank Crisp (1919)
* Rip Wallace (1921–1922)
* Arthur Roberts (1923–1924)
* Scotty MacArthur (1926–1928)
* Bird Hooper (1929–1930)
* Duncan Holsclaw (1933–1934)
* Melvin Henry (1935–1937)
* Ted Johnson (1945–1947)
* Bruce Fisher (1948–1950)
* Johnny Dean (1951–1953)
* Jackie Williams (1953)
* Billy Cranwell (1954–1955, 1957)
* Jimmy Lugar (1956–1957)
* Bill Holsclaw (1958)
* Frank Eastman (1959)
* Warren Price (1960–1961)
* Pete Cartwright (1962)
* Bob Schweickert (1962–1964)
* Bobby Owens (1965)
* Tommy Stafford (1966)
* Al Kincaid (1967–1969)
* Bob German (1969)
* Gil Schwabe (1970)
* Don Strock (1971–1972)
* Rick Popp (1973)
* Eddie Joyce (1973)
* Bruce Arians (1974)
* Phil Rogers (1975)
* Mitcheal Barnes (1976)
* David Lamie (1977–1978)
* Steve Casey (1978–1981)
* Jeff Bolton (1981)
* Todd Greenwood (1982, 1984–1985)
* Mark Cox (1982–1985)
* Erik Chapman (1986–1987)
* Will Furrer (1988–1991)
* Cam Young (1989)
* Rodd Wooten (1989–1991)
* Maurice DeShazo (1992–1994)
* Treg Koel (1992)
* Jim Druckenmiller (1995–1996)
* Al Clark (1997–1998)
* Nick Sorensen (1997–1998)
* Dave Meyer (1998–2000)
* Michael Vick (1999–2000)
* Grant Noel (2001–2002)
* Bryan Randall (2002–2004)
* Marcus Vick (2005)
* Sean Glennon (2006–2008)
* Tyrod Taylor (2007–2010)
* Logan Thomas (2011–2013)
* Michael Brewer (2014–2015)
* Brenden Motley (2015)
* Jerod Evans (2016)
* Josh Jackson (2017–2018)
* Ryan Willis (2018–2019)
* Hendon Hooker (2019–2020)
* Quincy Patterson (2019)
* Braxton Burmeister (2020–2021)
* Connor Blumrick (2021)
* Grant Wells (2022–2023)
* Kyron Drones (2023–2024)
* Collin Schlee (2024)

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Arkansas State Red Wolves head football coaches

* F. T. Parks (1911–1912)
* Clinton Young (1913)
* Earl W. Brannon (1914–1917)
* No team (1918)
* Foy Hammons (1919–1921)
* Tom Dandelet (1922–1923)
* Bill Stanley (1924)
* Herbert Schwartz (1925–1930)
* Jack Dale (1931–1932)
* Elza T. Renfro (1933)
* Tommy Mills (1934–1935)
* Leslie Speck (1936–1938)
* Bill Adams (1939–1941)
* No team (1942–1944)
* Ike Tomlinson (1945)
* Forrest England (1946–1953)
* Glen Harmeson (1954)
* Gene Harlow (1955–1957)
* Hugh Taylor (1958–1959)
* King Block (1960–1962)
* Bennie Ellender (1963–1970)
* Bill Davidson (1971–1978)
* Larry Lacewell (1979–1989)
* Al Kincaid (1990–1991)
* Ray Perkins (1992)
* John Bobo (1993–1996)
* Joe Hollis (1997–2001)
* Steve Roberts (2002–2010)
* Hugh Freeze (2011)
* David Gunn # (2011)
* Gus Malzahn (2012)
* John Thompson # (2012)
* Bryan Harsin (2013)
* John Thompson # (2013)
* Blake Anderson (2014–2020)
* Butch Jones (2021– )

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Wyoming Cowboys head football coaches

* Fred Hess (1892)
* No team (1893)
* Fred Hess & Justus F. Soule (1894)
* Justus F. Soule (1895–1897)
* Fred Hess (1898)
* Justus F. Soule (1899)
* William McMurray (1900–1906)
* Robert Ehlman (1907–1908)
* Harold I. Dean (1909–1911)
* Leon Exelby (1912)
* Ralph Thacker (1913–1914)
* John Corbett (1915–1917)
* No team (1918)
* John Corbett (1919–1923)
* Lone Star Dietz (1924–1926)
* George McLaren (1927–1929)
* John Rhodes (1930–1932)
* Willard Witte (1933–1938)
* Joel Hunt (1939)
* Okie Blanchard (1940)
* Bunny Oakes (1941–1942)
* No team (1943–1945)
* Bunny Oakes (1946)
* Bowden Wyatt (1947–1952)
* Phil Dickens (1953–1956)
* Bob Devaney (1957–1961)
* Lloyd Eaton (1962–1970)
* Fritz Shurmur (1971–1974)
* Fred Akers (1975–1976)
* Bill Lewis (1977–1979)
* Pat Dye (1980)
* Al Kincaid (1981–1985)
* Dennis Erickson (1986)
* Paul Roach (1987–1990)
* Joe Tiller (1991–1996)
* Dana Dimel (1997–1999)
* Vic Koenning (2000–2002)
* Joe Glenn (2003–2008)
* Dave Christensen (2009–2013)
* Pete Kaligis # (2012)
* Craig Bohl (2014–2023)
* Jay Sawvel (2024–present)

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